This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It only takes the gentle brush of a hand or slow glide of a boat to trigger the sparkling blue-green light of bioluminescent plankton, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beach lovers like myself know that the water sparkles in the sunlight—but in some places in the world, it literally glows. After ...

On summer nights, the waters off the coast of Western Washington glow brighter than usual. The reason for the stunning sight is a natural phenomenon: electric blue, bioluminescent plankton. The Salish ...

Bioluminescence is one of those natural phenomena that you simply have to see to believe. The idea of shores glowing with a glittering, blue-green light sounds like something out of a fever dream, but ...

If you've been to Newport Beach, California, in the spring and fall months, you might have witnessed the wonderful phenomenon that is the bioluminescent waves. Every year, walking along the beach at ...

Watching phytoplankton illuminate the world's shores is an otherworldly experience. With a bit of luck and perseverance, these are the best places to catch the notoriously elusive natural phenomenon.